All Kathy Bates Quotes
- We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full… All
- Now if I go through it again, I think I would be a lot more open about it. I admire people who have been open… Admire
- A heart can only discover what it really wants with experience. Discover
- It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and… Alexander
- The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy. Better
- I see my sisters, my mother, my grandmother. I like the way I look. I think I have a nice face. I like my eyes,… Appearance
- Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings. Agent
- I look for a role that hopefully I feel empathy with and that I can understand and love, but also that has that challenge for… Challenge
- I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented. Always Stretch
- Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them. Alexander
- I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage. Environment
- After winning the Oscar, I was committed to do 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' but I didn't know what the next thing would be after that. It… Advantage
- And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a TV series, and then you can… Always Saying
- Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into. Comedy
- For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I wanted… Challenge
- I have always had a problem with my weight. Inspirational
- I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work. Bills
- I haven't talked much about being an ovarian cancer survivor because I don't really want to define myself that way. Cancer
- I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing. Disappointing
- I want to be defined by my own essence. Defined
- I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because I was never… Actor
- I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer. Changer
- I'm not a stunning woman. Funny
- I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular… Affiliated
- I'm very lucky to be able to do what I love to do, and I hope I can keep doing it for a while. Able